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  • Thinking without Professional Recognition

    I work in and around higher education in the United States, but I am not a professor. I sometimes say that I am in the academy but not necessarily of the academy. This does not imply, however, that I refuse… Continue reading

    Thinking without Professional Recognition

  • Part or Particle of God

    Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being… Continue reading

  • Recalling This Beautiful Order

    In attempting to philosophize as a way of life, I have often “translated” many terms/concepts into a single notion that would comprehend the nuances of diverse sages across time & cultures. Whether I succeed is another story entirely. A particularly… Continue reading

  • Poll Quants & the Book of Life

    I’ve been unpacking my notions about the Society of Control a lot in the last few months. Primarily of late, this centers on developing the notion that control is about accounting… we use a mathematical model to translate the Life-World… Continue reading

    Poll Quants & the Book of Life